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Friday, April 13, 2012

DIY Moccasin Restyle

A warm welcome to Heather who has an adorable blog over at JustLove.ly. She will be sharing how to make these cute custom moccasins from a moccasin making kit.

Today I'm sharing with you a quick & cheap tutorial on how to make
moccasins from a kit and how to make them just a bit cuter! First you
need to pick up a leather moccasin kit, I've seen them online here &here.. but I swooped up mine from Michaels & even used a coupon (grab a craft store coupon here) to
score this kit for a little over $7. The kit comes complete with the
parts and instructions to make a basic pair. Most of you know that I'm
not a very basic's kind of gal, so this is where my love of Mod
Podge came in handy!

Extra supplies needed besides the kit:

Scissors

Mod Podge

Brush

Fabric of choice

First I
cut out a small stencil of the lip of the moccasin on my fabric, I then
flipped the fabric over and made a couple points of reference from the
cut out holes and made another smaller shape to fit into the portion of
the lip that ends up being the top of the shoe.

Next up
take the leather tops and inside your holes you will apply a very thin
layer of Mod Podge. If you go to far out it can stain the fabric so
only put it where you need it. Then place your material template right
side up, press down (taking out any air pockets) and again apply another
layer of Mod Podge. This time you want to keep it thin while still
covering completely, and allow to dry.. I let mine sit overnight.
What's great is that you can do this to any pair of shoes you own, just
make sure to apply a sealer when finished if you plan on wearing them
outside (mine are casual comfy shoes so I'm not to worried)

Waiting
for them to dry was probably the hardest part of the entire project,
because I'm impatient, everything else was a total breeze because the
instructions are provided.

Next up
take the tops (that are dry) and start attaching them to the shoe body. Follow the directions according to the packaging that the moccasins came in.